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Route map of Sri Lanka showing the 14-stage run from north to south

Jaffna to the south coast. 14 stages.

Run Lanka, February 2027

If toilet paper is free, why aren't period products?

14 marathons. 14 days. about 590km across Sri Lanka. February 2027.

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Toilet paper is free in every bathroom. Period products aren't. Half the population pays a tax to manage a biological default the other half ignores. I'm running across Sri Lanka to bring attention to the conversation.

The Run

marathons

consecutive days

about 590

kilometres

February 2027

North to South

Solo, self-organised, partnered with the National Health Development Fund of Sri Lanka and On The House Group.

What is actually broken

500 million

PEOPLE GLOBALLY LACK ADEQUATE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE FACILITIES, PRODUCTS, OR EDUCATION

39%

OF SCHOOLS WORLDWIDE PROVIDE MENSTRUAL HEALTH EDUCATION

3 in 5

AUSTRALIANS STRUGGLE TO AFFORD MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS (SURVEY OF 153,000+)

15%

GST NEW ZEALAND STILL CHARGES ON MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS

40%

OF SRI LANKAN HOUSEHOLDS WITH MENSTRUATING WOMEN CANNOT AFFORD SANITARY PADS

The cost of period products is a hidden tax on half the population. It is paid every month, by everyone who menstruates, in every country where products are not provided as a default.

It shows up as girls missing school. Women skipping work. Families absorbing a cost that should not exist.

This is solvable. These two organisations are building the infrastructure to eradicate period inequity.

Two organisations doing the work

National Health Development Fund of Sri Lanka

Established in 1981, the NHDF is a government-managed pool of public & private donations to upgrade hospitals, purchase essential medical equipment & train practitioners. Donations to Run Lanka will go to the menstrual health arm of the fund.

Website coming soon

On The House

On The House Group

OTHG provide free, organic period products within women's bathrooms funded by digital advertising to combat period inequity sustainably. 24,000 products dispensed. 6,000 women helped.

How it works →

Why a man is running this

Period equity gets treated as a womens issue. It is not. It is an equality issue, and equality issues need everyone.

Men go missing from this work because they think they do not have a role. They do. The work is policy, fundraising, infrastructure, and showing up where it counts. None of that is gendered.

If you are a man reading this, the bar is lower than you think.

Test your cycle knowledge

10 quick questions. Tap an answer to see if you got it right.

Question 1 of 10

Score 0

During which phase of the menstrual cycle does ovulation usually occur?

Donate to the National Health Development Fund of Sri Lanka

With your donation, we're one step closer to ending period inequity. Select an option & press donate. Every donation goes to the menstrual health arm of the National Health Development Fund of Sri Lanka.

£12Pads for a girl for a yearA period in Sri Lanka costs at least £1 in pads, and nearly half of schoolgirls surveyed in Central Province struggle to afford them. You could cover a year's worth of pads for one girl, so she doesn't miss school because of her period.

£20A reusable period kitYou could give one girl a reusable pad kit that lasts for years. That means no more choosing between pads and the family food shop every month.

£35A year of pads for a mum and daughterMothers go without first. When money's tight, Sri Lankan mums often give up their own pads so their daughters can have them. You could cover a full year of period products for a mother and her daughter, so neither of them has to choose.

£50A period education sessionYou could run a period education session for a classroom, so the next generation grows up with knowledge instead of stigma.

£100Reusable kits for five girlsA whole friendship group, sorted. You could give five girls a reusable period kit each, built to last for years. That's thousands of school days they won't have to miss because of their period.

£200Kits for ten girls plus education for their classChange a whole classroom. You could give ten girls reusable period kits that last for years, and run a period education session for their whole class. The girls get the products, everyone gets the knowledge, and the stigma starts to crack.

£500Period-proof a schoolYou could give twenty girls reusable period kits that last for years, and run period education sessions across their school. It's one donation that changes what a period means for an entire community.

Your amountChoose what you giveEvery donation goes to the menstrual health arm of the National Health Development Fund of Sri Lanka.£25£1 to £1,000

Our targetTowards ending period inequity

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towards our £5,000 goal

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